Calochortus ambiguus
Calochortus ambiguus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Liliales |
Family: | Liliaceae |
Genus: | Calochortus |
Species: | C. ambiguus |
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Calochortus ambiguus (M.E.Jones) Ownbey | |
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Calochortus ambiguus, the Arizona mariposa lily or doubting mariposa lily, is a perennial plant in the lily family (liliaceae) that grows at higher elevations of the Sonoran Desert regions of Arizona, western New Mexico, southern Utah, and Sonora.[3]: 58
Calochortus ambiguus is a bulb-forming herb. Flowers are white or very pale lavender, with a green center and reddish-purple anthers.[4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Sonoran Desert Wildflowers, Richard Spellenberg, 2nd ed., 2012, ISBN 9780762773688
- ^ Flora of North America Vol. 26 Page 139 Calochortus ambiguus (M. E. Jones) Ownbey, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 27: 505. 1940.
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
External links
[edit]Media related to Calochortus ambiguus at Wikimedia Commons
- Firefly Forest, Southeastern Arizona Wildflowers and Plants, Calochortus ambiguus – Doubting Mariposa Lily/
- Pacific Bulb Society, Calochortus Species One photos of several species
- Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness, Calochortus ambiguus (M.E. Jones) M. Ownbey (Doubting Mariposa Lily)